McCann Australia CEO Ash Farr departing for global role heading up Chevrolet strategy
Detroit bound: Ash Farr
McCann’s Australia CEO Ash Farr is leaving the agency after landing a global role as director of strategy and research on the prestigious General Motors Chevrolet account, Mumbrella can reveal.
Farr is the second of the trio of Smart agency partners installed at the helm of McCann after a reverse takeover in 2011 to move to a global role, following former national executive creative director John Mescall’s elevation to global ECD last year.
The remaining Smart founder and chairman and CEO of McCann Worldgroup Ben Lilley told Mumbrella the agency would be moving to a new localised structure led by the managing directors of its Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane agencies.
Super bloke. Thoroughly well deserved.
Trust, Encouragement, Reward
Trust, encouragement…reward
Remarkable effort and reward.
Elevation to, global role, world wide bla fuckin bla.
@Rushdie it’s not clear what you mean by your comment, or why you would even bother posting it.
The elevation of anybody in our industry from Australia to a global role should be cause for celebration and support though.
In the case of Ash Farr, nobody’s worked harder for this role. And nobody is more deserving of congratulations.
You’d bet better advised to follow the sage old advice that, if you can’t say something nice – or intelligent – don’t say anything at all.
@Ben, well said!
Congrats Ash. A true thinker with substance. Well deserved mate.